Transcript Overview on role and initiatives of International Statistical Institute

International Statistical Institute
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International Year of Statistics
MyStats 2013
Kuala Lumpur
Vijay Nair
[email protected]
International Statistical Institute
www.isi-web.org
Founded in 1885
Directorate based in The Hague, Netherlands
Mission:
Promote the understanding, development and good practice
of statistics worldwide
Covers the entire spectrum of statistical sciences:
• academics and research
• official statistics
• survey statistics
• business and industrial statistics
• statistical education
ISI Family of Members (2013)
Truly international with members from well over 100 countries
EUROPE : 2453
N. AMERICA : 1417
ASIA : 930
AFRICA : 349
C.&S. AMERICAS : 305
OCEANIA : 272
International Statistical Institute
www.isi-web.org
• Elected members ~ 2,000
• National Statistical Offices, Central Banks, Universities,
National Statistical Societies, …
• Umbrella for seven international societies
• Special Interests Groups
– Life Sciences, Risk Analysis, History, Sports, …
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Outreach Committees and Regional Networks
Biennial World Statistics Congress
Focused conferences and workshops
Journals covering different sub-fields
Platform for networking within the international
statistical community
International Statistical Institute
www.isi-web.org
• Statistical Capacity Building in Developing Regions
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Official statistics
Workshops, short courses, online and onsite
Mentoring
Career development for women and young statisticians
• Promoting professional ethics for statistical
practice, data collection, and dissemination
• ISI Regional Networks  ISI – SEAN
2013: International Year of Statistics
Goals:
• Increase public awareness of the power and
impact of statistics on all aspects of society
• Nurture statistics as a profession, especially
among young people
• Promote creativity and development in the
sciences of probability and statistics
Initiated by a group of seven major statistical
societies and led by a steering committee
Participating Organizations
About 2,300 organizations, from over 100 countries …
Professional statistical societies, colleges and universities,
primary and secondary schools, businesses,
government entities, and research institutes
Why 2013?
• 300th anniversary of Ars Conjectandi by Jacob Bernoulli
• 250th anniversary of the publication of Bayes Theorem
• Huge number of activities around the world to
celebrate and promote statistics
• See http://www.statistics2013.org/
• Plans to continue the momentum
• Thank you Malaysia for your role in making
Statistics 2013 a grand success!
Statistics 2013: Meeting with UN-SG